Disguised as an ordinary civilian vessel, this ship secretly served as a floating base for specialized weapons and covert operations. From neutral harbors, it enabled attacks deep inside ...

Outgunned and facing impossible odds, USS Johnston charged directly into a vastly superior Japanese fleet during the Battle off Samar in 1944. With her captain mortally wounded and ammunition running ...

DETROIT — Anti-war activists held signs that said "No War" and yelled "Viva Venezuela" as a response to Saturday's arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The Detroit Anti-War Committee and the ...

Nathan Huguenin, 19, said he wasn't able to sleep after escaping from the fire that tore through a packed Swiss ski resort bar during a New Year's party, killing dozens of people, many in their teens ...

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President Donald Trump scrambled Navy ship-naming traditions last week with his announcement of a new “Trump-class” battleship, to be called the USS Defiant, featuring nuclear-tipped missiles and ...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday said his nation is at war with the United States and Israel, as well as Europe more broadly. “We are in a full-scale war with the U.S., Israel and ...

President Donald Trump announced plans to build a new "golden fleet" of naval vessels, starting with two battleships. The first "Trump class" battleship will be named the USS Defiance, with plans for ...

John Barry was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy. He has been credited as “The Father of the American Navy.” He was the first ...

When a group of defense insiders gathered in Whitehall, the home of the British government, last month to discuss how prepared the United Kingdom and its allies were for a war they believe could come ...